Bill L.

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Sr. Software Engineer at Cisco

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

A senior data engineer with over 20 years of experience building large-scale data infrastructures at major tech companies like Amazon, Yahoo, and Cisco. He is a Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer with degrees from New York University and Pace University.

His career includes experience at startups, such as Live Objects, which was acquired by Zuora, showcasing his adaptability in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments.

Personality Overview

Imaginative

Informal

Believer

They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be.  Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.

Topics They Care About

Cloud Data Platforms
He has extensive hands-on experience with AWS and GCP, and holds a Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification.
Data Infrastructure
His expertise lies in building and maintaining large-scale data lakes, warehouses, and cloud services for companies like Amazon and Wayfair.
ETL Process Optimization
He has a proven track record of reducing ETL processing costs and improving data ingestion efficiency in his previous roles.

Media Appearances

Bill has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Sr. Software Engineer at Cisco
4-2022 - 3-2025
Sr. Data Engineer at Wayfair
3-2021 - 4-2022
Sr. Data Engineer at Shutterfly
5-2018 - 3-2021
Senior Data Engineer at Live Objects
11-2014 - 4-2018
Sr. Data Engineer at Amazon Lab126

Education

BS from New York University
Master of Science from Pace University

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Insights For Selling To Bill

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side
  • Talk about their team and how your product will help them do things better and easier

DONT's

  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first
  • Avoid ifs and buts, don’t talk too much about the risks etc.
  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Bill is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Bill

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Bill move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Bill take some risk or not?

  • They can accept limited risks, ones that they think will not impact them personally.

You And Bill

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